Movies for the Day, Thursday, October 4, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthday of Buster Keaton, International Day of Older Persons, and World Space Week.  Which of today's selections would you watch?

Sherlock, Jr. (1924) is a great Buster
Keaton comedy in which projectionist
Keaton tries to be a detective and even
enters a film.  Keaton was born October
4, 1895.  This film is on the National Film
Registry.




Sherlock, Jr.











Peege (1973) is a short film about
a family visiting an elderly relative
in a nursing home.  October 1 was
International Day of Older Persons.
This film is on the National Film
Registry.





Peege













Balance (1989) is a surreal animation about five
persons "balancing" on a platform in
"space" (not necessarily outer space).  This film
won an Oscar for Best Short Animated Film.
World Space Week begins today.





Balance